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PIR 6-17-2011 Ship 3 Div 209
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Permalink Reply by Furmangirl on
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HAHAHA. I DO feel like you do...sort of lost; always seem to be waiting for the door to open and my so to step through or waiting for the text message to com over my phone...It must feel different to have a daughter facing all those challenges, though. My son was absolutely pumped and ready once he made the decision to commit. He was so focused that that I could not help but fell very OK about his choice.
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Permalink Reply by Angel W ProudMom on
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Hi Barbara,
I totaly understand I too feel your pain and feel the same way,
I can't sleep at night just thinking about our trip there so excited to see her and to let her know how Proud we are, I get so emoitional when we talk about her I go to crying my daughter is 19 she is still my baby.
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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here is the link to the 6/17 PIR group http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir06172011
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Our daughter is also on Ship 03 Div 209, we are so excited about graduation and going to see her for me she has grown up too fast..i get so emotional when i speak about her i would love to meet moms of sons or daughters in this same group.
God Bless to all and are children
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Hi, 6/17 PIR Friends! We are planning to attend PIR and are also very excited and proud to have this to look forward to. We received our first letters (all in one envelope) from our son on Wednesday 5/10 and were so excited to read about all his activities. He's making lots of friends who will be going to the same A school and they are all talking about how much fun it will be to see their families at PIR. It is so cool to hear about their adventures. HIs story of being up for 36 hours straight, getting his heads shaved (not the women I am sure!), and then getting his RTC pics taken - dark circles and bags under his eyes and all - it a real laugh! He has mentioned seeing that "girls" are in their division but says sometimes they are hard to recognize because everyone looks alike in uniform. I have let him know of our PIR group. Isn't it wonderful that they are talking about the same things we are? I think getting shirts would be a great idea. Hopefully we can find out more about ordering them soon.
I have such a broad range of emotions and really feel the same as you have written about as well. We have a daughter and son. Our daughter is 22 and our son just turned 19 right before he went to BC. Our daughter is to be graduated from college today, so I am really feeling lots of emotions related to all these transistions happening so close together.
I love it that we are bound together by our children's association in this way and that we can connect so easily, I am not sure that the other armed services have this level of wonderful supportive community! GO NAVY!
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We just got our first call home. Our son sounded so great. He's happy, lovin' it and making friends with others who will go to the same A school. He says they are all missing their music so everyone is just singing (badly) to all the songs they can remember....He's talked about the section getting their scholarship flag. Has anyone else had a call yet? I am so happy now. It was really hard not to hear from him for so long. HOpe your calls come soon too! They are halfway thru!
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Has anyone heard from your recruits since the middle of the training? We received one call and one envelope with several letters and noting since then.
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Was that an AWESOME weekend!! I was very happy to meet Barbara and her family and to find the Garnetts. I loved hearing the stories our sailors had to tell about their experiences....hope we can still keep in touch!
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